The darker side of green : plantation forestry and carbon violence in Uganda


Autoria(s): Lyons, Kristen; Richards, Carol; Westoby, Peter
Data(s)

01/11/2014

Resumo

In recent years, there has been a significant trend toward land acquisition in developing countries, establishing forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution generated in the Global North. Badged as “green economic development,” global carbon markets are often championed not only as solutions to climate change, but as drivers of positive development outcomes for local communities. But there is mounting evidence that these corporate land acquisitions for climate change mitigation—including forestry plantations—severely compromise not only local ecologies but also the livelihoods of the some of the world’s most vulnerable people living at subsistence level in rural areas in developing countries.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79446/

Publicador

The Oakland Institute

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/79446/1/Lyons_-_Darker_Side_of_Green.pdf

http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/darker-side-green

Lyons, Kristen, Richards, Carol, & Westoby, Peter (2014) The darker side of green : plantation forestry and carbon violence in Uganda. The Oakland Institute, California, United States of America.

Direitos

Copyright 2014 The Oakland Institute

Fonte

QUT Business School; School of Management

Palavras-Chave #050200 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT #Plantation Forestry #Carbon Violence #Uganda
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Report